The Brady Kids
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| The Brady Kids | |
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| Directed by | Hal Sutherland |
| Presented by | Filmation Redwood Productions Paramount Television |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Sherwood Schwartz |
| Producer(s) | Norm Prescott Lou Scheimer |
| Running time | 30 min. (with commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Mission: Magic |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
The Brady Kids was an animated television series, produced by Filmation in association with Paramount Television and seen on ABC from 1972 to 1974. It was an animated spinoff of ABC's sitcom, The Brady Bunch.
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[edit] Overview
In 1972, Filmation Associates and The Brady Bunch executive producer Sherwood Schwartz adapted the popular live action TV show to animation, resulting in this ABC Saturday morning (and later syndicated) show. The original show's children voiced their animated counterparts (in the first season); however, as the series' name implies, the parents and Alice the housekeeper were left off the show. The six kids were often seen in their tree house.
The animated series also added some animal characters. Marlon was an intelligent, brown talking mynah bird and also a wizard (complete with stereotypical wizard's cap) who used his magic to help the kids out of jams. Marlon was also notable for his method of flight: He spun his tailfeathers like a helicopter rotor rather than using his wings, which were instead used as hands, often for grand gestures as he cast spells.
The Brady's dog from the live-action series, Tiger, was replaced by a dog named Mop Top (whose thoughts were voiced by Larry Storch). There were also twin panda cubs, Ping and Pong (named after the game ping-pong).
Also, there were two human characters created for this show: Chuck White was a boastful, self-absorbed teenager (about Greg's age) who wasn't above cheating to get whatever he wanted, and Fleetwood was his easygoing sidekick. The two of them went to the same school as the Bradys, and Chuck was sometimes central to the plot as an antagonist.
Originally aired as a one-hour segment on The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie[1], the pilot episode was split into two half-hour segments on The Brady Kids. A total of 22 episodes were produced.[2]
Two episodes of this series were released in The Complete Brady Bunch DVD 21 disc series.
[edit] Characters and voices
[edit] The Bradys
- Greg Brady: Barry Williams (season 1), Lane Scheimer (season 2)
- Peter Brady: Christopher Knight (season 1), David E. Smith (season 2)
- Bobby Brady: Mike Lookinland
- Marcia Brady: Maureen McCormick (season 1), Erika Scheimer (season 2)
- Jan Brady: Eve Plumb
- Cindy Brady: Susan Olsen
[edit] Other characters
- Marlon: Larry Storch
- Ping and Pong: Jane Webb
- Mop Top: Larry Storch
- Chuck White: Larry Storch
- Fleetwood: Larry Storch
- Babs: Jane Webb
[edit] Opening
The opening sequence featured the "grid" familiar to Brady Bunch viewers, but with the center column normally occupied by the elder Bradys and Alice removed; as the theme song (new lyrics set to the original Brady Bunch theme with similar music & and upbeat tempo) plays, Marlon flies up and down the center, "magically transforming" the live-action children into their animated counterparts.
[edit] Trivia
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- The animated cartoon Mission: Magic, which starred the pop singer Rick Springfield, was the spin off of this series, as one episode featured the characters of "Miss Tickle", and her cat "Tut-Tut".
- The episode "It's All Greek To Me" [3] is notable for the first television appearance of Wonder Woman, a character owned by Time Warner through its DC Comics subsidiary. [4] Because of this, a potential DVD release may be complicated because of licensing issues.
- Superman and the Lone Ranger also appeared in "Cindy's Super Friend" and "Lone Gone Silver," respectively.
- The Brady Kids played musical instruments in relatively the same positions as the Archies band: Greg and Peter on guitars, Bobby on drums, Marcia on tambourine and Jan on keyboards. Added was Cindy (in front of Greg) on a smaller guitar.
[edit] See Also
[edit] External links
- The Brady Kids at the Internet Movie Database
- The Brady Kids at TV.com
- The Brady Kids site A fansite with information about The Brady Kids cartoon and music
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